This Week in Your Bronze Age Collection!! 35 35

[underthebigw]

Thanks guys. Barely a dent in the pile. I'm giving up for the night.

 

Just wait until tomorrow. I'm sure to offend someone with what I'll be posting.

[underthebigw]

OK, here's the rest of my Chicago stash. What I found there was really pretty amazing--usually you see a couple of HG Charlton's at a show. At Chicago, I found tons. Horror, Romance, Cartoon. And the publisher does get a raw deal. There's some real quality stuff in with the rubbish. And, even the rubbish is so bad, it's worth collecting.

 

First off, the horror. Chock-full-o-Ditko. Really tremendous copies, and the prices were outstanding, especially for the early 70's stuff, with some as little as $2. And from multiple dealers.

 

Edited August 15, 2009 by silverandbronze

[underthebigw]

And some sweet Charlton War, including my favorite war cover from the publisher, Fighting Army 124. First nice copy I've ever owned.

 

 

Edited August 15, 2009 by silverandbronze

[underthebigw]

Here's where things get a little scary. Some Charlton romance is just truly horrible and was hopelessly out of date by the early 1970's, and some of it I just love the cover art for. Here's the good with the bad, all of it priced right and some of the nices copies I've ever seen.

 

[underthebigw]

The thing about Charlton horror is that at least some serious collectors saw the appeal and quality, especially Ditko fans. Many actually took care of their Charlton horror books, even though they're still challenging to find in grade.

 

Their animated and comic strip titles are another story. Virtually no one collected them and they were considered drek. The irony is that this was perhaps Charlton's best and most consistent output in the 1970's, with George Wildman and Ray Dirgo cranking out some truly entertaining work during this time. If I find one high grade Charlton animated book at a show, I'm thrilled. Needless to say, this show passed expectations. Again, the prices were outstanding.

 

The prize of this batch:

 

I wanna meet the man who thought anyone in the US would buy a Snuffy Smith book during the 1970's.

 

 

Sweet anniversary issue that I've never seen in anything close to HG.

[underthebigw]

Some odds and ends:

 

Don't know how tough this is, but pickd up two nice copies for cheap.

 

 

 

What the heck was this doing in a $5 bin. A beautiful copy, with most problems in the scan on the bag, not the book.

 

 

 

Can't remember for sure, but I think this is a tougher Whitman DC variant.

 

Never even saw this before

 

 

And one lone Harvey

 

 

 

[awe4one]

 

Super, super tough issue in HG. Maybe even more so than Grape Ape. Very nice...

 

Jim

[underthebigw]

 

Super, super tough issue in HG. Maybe even more so than Grape Ape. Very nice...

 

Jim

 

Thanks,

 

Can't remember for sure where I picked it up, but I think it was a $5 book, if you can believe it.

[Boozad]

My first post in here , added these to the collection this week.

 

 

 

 

 

[gaute]

 

Charlton romance.. does it get any better? I've been looking at quite a few of these at the GCD, and I've found this guy, Art Cappello, to consistently have the best covers. Cheesy as hell, sure, but at the same time there's a certain raw honesty to them.. Some of his later work is just amazing.

 

Many thanks for posting these!

[joeypost]

[nepatkm]

[Doc Joe]

Some Nice Bronze Additions To The Ever Growing Collection

[Doc Joe]

and some invaders just for fun

[Doc Joe]

and this one is the most special. I now have Iron Fist 1-15 in CGC 9.8

[Doc Joe]

Some really good Bronze Books (but thats just my opinion)

[nmtg9]

I now have Iron Fist 1-15 in CGC 9.8

 

 

This calls for a group shot (thumbs u

[Doc Joe]

I will work on it, about to drive 2 hours to a rural comic store, sometime this week.

[Warlord]

 

Can't remember for sure, but I think this is a tougher Whitman DC variant.

 

 

Don't collect DC Whitmans! Noooooo!

 

Yes, that's a tougher issue. Probably not in the top 20 due to there being known multi-packs still around that contain that issue. I've got a raw VF plus a sweet copy in a multi-pack, plus a couple undercopies.

 

We should talk about some trading, see Charltons below... Coming to Mid-Ohio Con this year?

 

BTW, I'm loving all the cool stuff you are posting even though I'm not quoting them all with :cloud9:s

 

 

 

 

[TupennyConan]

Some really good Bronze Books (but thats just my opinion)

 

Some really good Bronze Books jjshafer & that's my opinion also!